Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided January 18, 2001No. 01-99-00486-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MIRABAL, Justice.
A jury found appellant, Niketti Thomas, guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and assessed punishment at confinement for six years. 1 On appeal, appellant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.
FACTS
Harris County Deputy Constable R. Harris stopped a car occupied by appellant and two others; appellant was the only person sitting in the backseat. After arresting the driver and front-seat passenger, Harris County Deputy Constable I. Arnold conducted an inventory of the car and found a .25 caliber gun wedged between the cushions of the backseat.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Aikens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
3Cited by13 opinions
- Armstrong v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
- Grantham v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2003
- Carlos Navarro v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2018
- Carlos Navarro v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2018
- David Grantham v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2003
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